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Senate Republicans Still Open to Lower-Court Obama Nominees
Republicans haven’t completely closed the tap on the Senate’s pipeline for judicial nominees. While they vow to halt confirmation of any Supreme Court pick by… Read More
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Will Tie Votes on the Supreme Court Be a Problem? These 2 Justices Don’t Think So.
For more than a century, the Supreme Court’s bench has had nine spots, enough to round out the roster of a baseball team. With the… Read More
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Democrats Count on Public Pressure as Their ‘Best Weapon’ in Supreme Court Fight
From the steps of the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats unleashed their latest messaging barrage in the battle over whether President Obama should fill the open… Read More
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GOP Senator Pushes for Action on Obama Judges Amid Supreme Court Fight
The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee has vowed to block the path for President Barack Obama’s eventual Supreme Court nominee. But Sen. Pat Toomey is asking… Read More
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Senate Democrats Say GOP Will Back Down on Supreme Court Nominee
Senate Democrats are predicting with certainty that Republicans will fold on their pledge not to hold hearings on President Obama’s eventual Supreme Court pick. “We’ve… Read More
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Republicans on Judiciary Committee Slam Door on Any Obama Supreme Court Nominee
All Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee promised Tuesday to block any candidate nominated by President Barack Obama to fill the Supreme Court seat… Read More
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Flashback to 1992: When Democrats Halted a Republican President’s Judicial Nominees
If Senate Democrats get their way, Republicans won’t follow their example. That is, Senate Republicans in 2016 won’t act as Democrats did when they blocked court… Read More
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Did the Senate Just Confirm the Last Obama Judge?
A bipartisan agreement reached in December to advance five of President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees was fulfilled Thursday when the Senate voted unanimously, 93-0, to… Read More
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How’d Your Senators Vote on Obama’s Judge Pick?
Senate Democrats have delivered on their end of a bargain with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, confirming Rebecca Ebinger to a lifetime appointment as a district… Read More
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GOP-Controlled Senate Is About to Approve Another Obama Judge
Though President Barack Obama’s time in office is drawing to a close, the Senate pipeline for judicial nominees remains open. On Monday, the Senate will… Read More
